trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
patient's condition; pathology
serious wound; serious injury
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
a few years ago; some years back
only recently; just of late
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to dry up completely; to become stale
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
staying behind; remaining; residual
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
complete stranger; total stranger
innocent (e.g. child); pure (e.g. heart)
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
innocent; blameless; guiltless
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper